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F ßil 1 1 ;i i i ' IN I l t ì ',t 1< d t ...."v With that concession to ritual, he will forget his plush and ermine upholstery (nice but very stuffy), don a bathing suit, swim in velvet waters, doze on golden sands and listen to Yuletide greetings in the lispings of the surf. Age-old native melodies will be his evening carols, a bemused stroll under the silken ca- ress of an amber moon, the final touch of beauty to an amazingly new, utterly different Christmas-in Hawaii. Aren't you interested?* v SOUT H SEAS · NEW ZEALAND A USTRALIA via Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji Travel sophisticates of the Pacific . . . the M " d M " h . k .l anposa an onterey. . . w IS you on to amazing new nations crested by the Southern Cross. New Zealand in 15 days! To Australia in I8! At modest fares, too. ...,.. *The giant l" Lurline", Mariposa", l"Monterey" or l"Malolo" sail every few days from the cele- brated ports of San Francisco and Los Ange- les. Of course, fares are extremely moderate! Interesting details at all tracel agencies or . . . }f{tÌt4OH New York . Chicago . San Francisco . Los Angeles . Seattle . Portland * Oeuutú:Lk.e LA URA I KNOW a man who has a chimpan- zee. He lIkes her, and at Christmas he sent me a photograph of her for a Christmas card. Owning a chimpanzee is not at all like owning a dog. If you bring home a puppy, the people who live with you may be rather annoyed at first, but in time the dog adjusts itself; it becomes a member of the household and antagonizes no one. A chimpanzee is drfferent. Your friends are at first interested and pleased, and everyone comes to see it. Also, at first it is small and weak, with no mind of its own. It grows, however, and it waxes in strength, and then prohably it bites somebody so that no one wants to visit it, and in the end people are definitely antagonistic. I have seen it happen more than once. So I always ask this man about his chimpanzee, who is named Laura to distinguish her from the many chimps who are named Emily. This time, which was at dinner, he seemed sad and I knew the trouble had begun. " L . fi " h . d " y aura IS ne, e saI . au couldn't show me a chimpanzee in N ew York with a better coat of hair. Look at this. How's this for a tropical animal in a cold climate?" He pulled out his watch to show me a photograph of Laura. I notice that since he has got her, he has forgotten to take any pictures of his children, but to unmarried people such as myself there is really hardly any difference. "The last time I saw you," I said, "she had the flu. Did she ever get over it properly?" "The flu? Oh, yes; that time. We all had that. That was nothing." "I suppose you still keep her out-of- doors," I continued, "but surely she sleeps in the nursery at night with the children? It's been so cold lately." H E sighed heavily and stared at his plate, and I guessed that we had come to the heart of the matter. "Well, to tell the truth," he began, "Laura's been sleeping indoors aU the time lately. In her own room." " H '\ " er own room r He was quite obviously embarrassed. "I've rigged up a sort of place in the b . , " h basement, ecause It s warmer, e said. "Gertrude thought of that. She's had a lot of good ideas about it." Ger- trude is his wife. "It must be cozy," I said. But I was shocked. So it had gone that f3-r already. The basement. "Well, it's nice and warm for her